''Cracovie'' tram stop is a tram stop on
line C of the
Tramway de Bordeaux
The Bordeaux tramway network (french: Tramway de Bordeaux) consists of four lines serving the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The system has a route length of , serving a total of 133 tram stops.
The first line of ...
. It is located on ''Allée de Boutaut'', which forms the boundary between the city of
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...
and the commune of
Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest city
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. The line that the stop is situated on opened on 27 February 2008, when Line C was extended north from ' to ', but the tram stop itself dates from 17 December 2016, when a new branch of line C was opened from just north of ''Cracovie'' to
''Gare de Blanquefort''. The stop is operated by
Transports Bordeaux Métropole
Transports Bordeaux Métropole (or TBM, formerly Tram et bus de la CUB, or TBC) is a public transport system for the 28 ''communes'' of Bordeaux Métropole. It also provides service to part of the ''commune'' of Cadaujac
Cadaujac () is a com ...
.
For most of the day on Mondays to Fridays, trams run at least every five minutes in both directions, with alternate northbound trains taking the two branches. Services run less frequently in the early morning, late evenings, weekends and public holidays.
The tram stop has two tracks, served by two side platforms, and is situated in the central reservation of the ''Allée de Boutaut''. Immediately to the north of the stop, the branch to ''Gare de Blanquefort'' diverges to the west and joins the trackbed of the former rail link to the
''Bassins à flot'', whilst the branch to ' continues in the centre of the ''Allée de Boutaut''.
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References
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Tram stops in Bordeaux
Tram stops in Bruges, Gironde
Bordeaux tramway stops
Railway stations in France opened in 2016